The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-02


sumed on Doboy Bar-A Tale of the
School Days of Primus Jones-A
Negro Steals a Brass Ring and Loses
Many Times Its Value.
GEORGIA.
No cateIpillars have been seen in Bclrien
county up to date.
There was very little timber brought
down TO Darien last week
Capt w. H. Pattersons new pilot boat is
expected at Darien in the fall,
1t is thought that the first shipment of
new rice Will be sent off from Darlen on
Aug. 20.
The citizens of Antioch are about com
plotting new school house which. does credit
TO that vicinity.
During the month of July about $500,
600 feet of square and scab timber was
measured at the public boom in Dalen.
The manager of the American Refriger-
ator and Construction Company, of Harris
burg, Pa, writes that he will stop at ITALIA
poosa on his return from Florida, to make
arrangements for the construction of an
ice-making plant here.
The Burke syndicate are more than
pleased with the final result of the
final working test of ton OF ore
taken from the top of their vein, near
Tallapoosa and the work Of putting in clab-
crate machinery will go forward at once.
On account of the washout below Cuth-
bert, in which accident the mail car was
badly smashed, no mail was received at
Americas from below Friday, the company
not being able to secure a mail car until the
train reached Smithviile, forty miles on this
side OF the wreck.
AT Putnam n COW turned upon Mrs. G.. A.
Chapman while being MIXED Tuesday, and
but for the timely arrival of assistance, she
would have no doubt been killed. Mrs.
Chapman was hooked so badly that at 8
O'Clock Friday morning little hopes was
entertained of her recovery.
A gang of workmen, under charge of
William Jones, are running an enormous
drift into the BeSsener ore beds of the Tai
lapoosa Land, Mining and Manufacturing
Company, in lot los. The company propose
to go down so TO - feet on this vein, which
shows a surface exposure of 40 feet.
When a negro from down the road alights
from the Shoofiy train at Valdosta now his
gripsack, il he has one, is seized by several
hands and he is escorted up town by body
guard of three or four-drummers One
fellow got frightened at the attentions he
received the other day and made for the
woods.
s. H. Pullen, living on the line of Carroll
and Heard county, sold Wiley Stewart 800
bushels of old corn the other day, and
wanted 10 sell 500 to him. He says he will
make 5000 bushels this year if no disaster
comes Good judges say he has land that
viii make this year seventy five bushels of
corn per acre.
The Tallapoosa Land, Mining and Manu-
featuring Company have purchased the
Tallapoosa Hotel, corner of Head and At
lanta streets, and will take possession Aug.
!. 1t is rumored that the purchase price
was not far from $l4,0 600. They will refit it,
and make extensive additions and improve
ments at an early day.
A correspondent at Stockton writes that
Lucius Niclls and Maj. Mc(iee, two colored
men, were playing marbles last Sunday
when they fell out and quarreled. Nick:
drew out his pistol and shot Mciee, who
was about half the size of his aSsailant
Nicks fed, but was captured the next day
and lodged in the bonneville Jail
Paul Tyson, of Abel, killed a rattlesnake
last week He was following after and
throwing lightwo d knots at a rabbit when
he saw the rabbit fall over but did not
think be had hit it, He went and picked
up the rabbit and saw scratch near one
ear which caused him TO look for snake,
which he saw In few feet of him.
1t is said that the Muckalee swamp, near
Americas, abounds in alligators three or
four miles up the creek, and that in the
swamp near Chambless' they are quite dan
gerous. Hogs disappear almost daily. and
the gators can he heard believing at any
time. Some of them are from ten to twelve
feet long, and when two old bulls meet q
fierce fight ensues.
The Baptists of Americus will either have
to build themselves a church pretty soon or
else secure some other place in which to
hold their meetings, as the PreSbyterians,
whose church they have had rented dur
ing the present year have notified them that
they must make other arrangements after
Jan. | next, at which time they will con
duct their own services as formerly.
A gentleman in Americas has a field of
six acres OF corn growing upon his place in
the suburbs that he is confident will yield
Eeventy-five bushels per &C. o The corn is
very thick, each stalk hAs.ly from one 70
four heavy ears upon it. and presents fine
appearance to paSsers-by. The owner has
been fertilizing the land heavily for tho
past four years and will continue TO do So
until the yield reaches 100 bushels per acre.
This is one of the advantages of the inten-
sivc system of farming.
w. B. Heys & Bro, Of Americas, are now
eating their second crop If peaches from
their trees this season They gathered
Amsden and Alexander leiauhes from their
trees in May and juno, and while these were
ripe the trees were full OF green fruit, of a
different variety. These are now ripeninc
and are very fine. They grated the Ans
den and Alexander on Seeding stock. and
afterwards let a Seeding shoot grow below
the graft, and the latter Yields much the
better fruit, but not quite so early.
The Land Company arc sinking q shaft
on their gold property near Tallapoosa,
known as the "tissure vein,' and hope to be
mt depth of 80 feet within two weeks.
This property consists of four distinct 5-foot
fissures running through their lands a dis
tance OF two and a half miles, and the
theory Of experts is that they merge into
large vein at the water level, or about 30
feet down. The walling of these assures
contain 3-foot vein Of powdered man
ganese, which is an unusual occurrence.
Tuesday morning j. II. Dupree, Barlow
Hawkins and two gentlemen from Terrell
county had a wild run after a fox Il few
miles from Americas. They started two at
once, and the dogs caught one of them in a
300 yard race; but the other settled down
into n steady pace and led them for three
hours. She doubled and turned, jumped
and tackled, but there was no battling the
hounds. and mt last she was caught and
killed. IL Is said the woods are full of foxes
and sometimes two or three may be seen ut
one time.
The United States Geological surveying
corps under the charge OF Louis Nell, Civil
Engineer, were camped in Lithia Spring
Park last week. Tho party consisted OF